Synopsis:Kevin
Masterson, the son of Thunderstrike, visits Avengers Mansion and inherits
his father powerless mace, Thunderstrike. Unfortunately, Loki's trolls
have a keen interest in it. An Avengers distress call is sent out and the
Avengers assemble, as well as a few other heroes, to help Kevin. Loki transports
them to Asgard where he attempts to release Thunderstrike's enchantment
to its full potential. However, Kevin disrupts the spell and absorbs the
mace's power. He then summons Thor, which prompts Loki and his forces to
flee. The team is return to Earth where Jolt, Jubilee, and Speedball take
their leave. J2, Mainframe, Stinger and Thunderstrike announce the formation
of the next generation of Avengers.

Synopsis:An unidentified
object is shot down by Earth's defensive grid and the Avengers are called
in to investigate. They meet up with Bill (Giant Man II) Foster and his
son John. They discover a downed spacecraft who Kree pilot was killed on
impact, and a Kree Sentry. John Foster merges with the Kree ship and its
alters his DNA to be part Kree. As the Earth Sentry, John Foster helps
the Avengers defeat the robot Kree Sentry.

Synopsis:A serious
threat from a scientist' experiment with the Earth's magma core,
prompts Dr. Strange to re-assemble the original Defenders: himself, the
Hulk, and the Sub-Mariner. Earth's new sorcerer supreme, Doc Magus, learns
about Dr. Strange's plans and convinces the Avengers to help him. The Avengers
confront the Defenders and of course a battle ensues. Cooler heads eventually
prevail and the battle ends. Dr. Strange manipulated everyone to prod Namor
back into activity and provide the new Avengers with a baptism of fire.

Roll
Call:J2,
Mainframe, Stinger, and Thunderstrike II.

Jay's
Notes:

Atlantis
was destroyed by Dr. Doom, and Namor took his vengeance out on Latveria.

Bruce Banner
has settle down and has a son.

Scott Lang
is hired on as the Avengers' security advisor.

The Avengers'
Mansion tour guide Shannon meets up with some mysterious friends at the
end of this issue.

Synopsis:The
Soldiers of the Serpent attack the Wakandan embassy and kidnap the consul,
but thanks to the Avengers, they don't kidnap T'Chaka the son of the T'Challa,
a.k.a. the Black Panther. Together with the Coal (T'Chaka) Tiger, the Avengers
and their new recruits free the consul and defeat the Soldiers of the Serpent.

Roll
Call:J2,
Mainframe, Stinger, and Thunderstrike II.

Jay's
Notes:

First appearance of Bluestreak, Freebooter,
the Crimson Curse, the Coal Tiger, and of Shannon Carter as the American
Dream.

American Dream, Bluestreak, Freebooter, and
the Crimson Curse join the Avengers as recruits.

Bluestreak was a member of the X-People and
seems to have a relationship to Quicksilver, (I'd guess).

Freebooter seems to have ties with Hawkeye and
more obviously the Swordsman.

One of the Soldiers of the Serpent drops Thunderstrike
a mysterious reference about his father.

Synopsis:Stinger
and the new recruits travel to Latveria to investigate unconfirmed reports
of Dr. Doom's reappearance. They are attacked by Doombots, and with a bit
of teamwork defeat them. They enter Doom's tunnels deep beneath the capital
Doomstadt. Stinger discovers Dr. Doom who turns out not to be the real
Doom, but rather his ward Kristoff who spent some time with Stinger in
their youth. Kristoff destroys all of Doom's arsenal and technology to
prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. Meanwhile, Thunderstrike
and J2 spend quality bonding time together.

Synopsis:Argo,
the son of Hercules, makes a brash entrance to the Mansion and attacks
the Avengers. They contain him and he explains that he seeks out the Avengers
to discover what happened to his father. The Avengers learn of a secret
S.H.I.E.L.D. holding cell that may contain the information Argo seeks.
The cell's inhabitant turns out to be a mad, uncontrollable Hercules who
is eventually subdue by the Avengers. His madness is a result of the Avengers'
final catastrophic mission. Meanwhile, Freebooter, Crimson Curse and Stinger
discover something mysterious in the Avenger's sub levels.

Synopsis:The
Crimson Curse receives a terrifying omen of the Avengers' deaths. Jarvis
retells the last days of the Avengers as they entered a mysterious portal
to confront a deadly menace. He also tells of only a view returned and
seemed to have had their spirits broken. Also, of how Stark and the Scarlet
Witch ensured that the threat from beyond the portal would never be able
to attack again. Meanwhile, a powerful energy being named Ion Man is dispatched
by a mysterious female figure to attack the Avengers. His first target
is Stinger, but Mainframe intercepts him. Mainframe's body is destroyed,
but he continuously downloads his consciousness into new robot bodies until
he finally defeats Ion Man. Unfortunately, the battle leaves his current
body exhausted and his systems seem to have a fatal crash.

Synopsis:Stinger
and her father Scott Lang attempt to reboot Mainframe's systems. Meanwhile,
the other Avengers confront a mysterious threat in the mansion's sub levels.
They destroy a machine that attacked them with duplicates of Wonder Man,
and discover that the Scarlet Witch had been powering it. Ant-Man and Stinger
succeed in rebooting Mainframe and restoring him to action.

Synopsis:The Avengers discover that by freeing the
Scarlet Witch they have weakened the inter dimensional portal. The Soldiers
of the Serpent strike again, but Thunderstrike and Blacklight defeat them.
The Avengers, as a team, decided to enter the portal and confront the unknown
menace.

Synopsis:Stark returns to check up on Wanda and learns
that A Next has gone through the portal. A Next find themselves on an alternate
Earth, where the Red Skull assassinated Hitler and led the Nazis to victory
and Doctor Doom, who was raised as the Skull's ward, has now succeeded
him. They meet up with the underground resistance led by Captain America
(of their world) and Jarvis. The Thunder Guard, a nazi-themed Avengers,
attack by they hold them off long enough for the resistance to escape through
a transport portal. The Avengers decide to stay and battle against Doom.

Synopsis:The Resistance, led by Captain America,
and A Next strike against Doom, who is prepared to unleash the power of
the Universal Cube and invade every Earth! They battle the Thunder Guard,
who are led by Donar (the alternate Thor), and they manage to come out
ahead. Cap challenges Doom who then retreats to the Universal Cube. The
Crimson Curse attacks the Cube and Doom, and they are both swept into the
Cube which disappears. Reed Richards and Baron Zemo, both Doom' s second-in-command,
turn against each other, while the resistance continues to gather strength.
A Next returns to their Earth, leaving Cap and Thunderstrike (who wants
to get to know his alternate father) behind.

A Next
# 12: "The End of the Avengers" Writer:
Tom
DeFalco/Ron Frenz Penciller:
Ron
Frenz Inker:
Al
Milgrom

Jay's
Rating:JJJJ

Synopsis:The
Avengers are ambushed and defeated upon their return by the Revengers,
who are led by the son and daughter of Henry and Janet Pym. Mainframe rescues
them with the help of the Coal Tiger, Argo, Earth Sentry, and Blacklight.
The Avengers rally and defeat the Revengers.